Triangular flapjacks 'banned by Essex school after pupil injured'

A secondary school has been banned from serving triangular-shaped flapjacks after a pupil was accidentally hit in the face with one last week.

Castle View School in Canvey Island, Essex has told its kitchen staff that they can only serve the oat bars into squares or rectangles, after a child in Year 7 suffered minor eye injuries during a food fight.

"During lunchtime on Wednesday (March 20), a boy was injured by a triangular flapjack that was thrown across the canteen," a source alleged to The Sun.

"It was an injury around his eye, it hit his face. He didn't need to go to hospital. It was an accident and no-one got in trouble... I think whoever was in charge of the cafeteria reported the incident and from there the decision was made."

The school has declined to comment, but an anonymous insider at the 1,200-pupil establishment branded the decision "ludicrous", adding: "Even if you only have rectangular or square-shaped flapjacks, the children could still break them into triangles and launch them at someone.

"It's very silly. You'd have thought teachers would have more pressing concerns on their minds than the shape of snacks and puddings."

Essex County Council confirmed the school's decision, but declined to make further comment.